(Must Play!) Race a Maze – cute & challenging action game

Race a Maze is a cute yet challenging game to race the clock collecting items and power-ups while avoiding obstacles and baddies to save the land. It’s really fun and engaging, read more in this review to see why you’ll want to download and play!

Pros & Cons:

Features:

The story of Race a Maze begins as the Evil King of Darkness has kidnapped the inhabitants of Oakmarsh and you can’t allow it to happen! You start a quest as a skippy Gopher among four characters with special powers- he can burrow under walls that have a hole. In my personal journey I freed the Fox who can burn down bushes to get through passages. As you collect these characters you can freely interchange them when needed.

Gameplay reminds me of Crash Bandicoot a bit. It’s a race to avoid traps and enemies while freeing friends, collecting items and power-ups to reach the exit. At the beginning of each level you’re give a goal and scored by how well and/or how fast you complete it and reach the exit. Some levels may request you collect 3 stars, or all coins, or complete within a certain time or find items, etc. I like that each time you play the same level it dynamically changes so no stale levels you can remember to play well.

There are all types of obstacles. In the beginning you’ll deal with the purple brute trying to bash you with his club if you get within his eye-sight. Then it’ll progress to tiles missing in the ground or moving tiles that make you fall into a dark abyss. Others include mushrooms you spring on (sometimes in the wrong direction), icy floors, boulders rolling out at you, sloth slow green monsters that slow your speed in his slimy trail, or moving saws trying to cut your cute character… and these are only a few in the first world. I can’t wait to make it to the second! 😀

After successfully completing each level you’re rewarded by spinning a wheel to win items. These items can be combined to make power-ups often needed to progress. For example, the cage is needed in some early stages to trap enemies and the sun rune clears a thunder cloud in later levels. Other fun and sometimes useful items are costumes like helmets that protect you if you get bashed over the head.

If you do not complete the level objectives, run out of time or get killed you lose the round and a heart. These can be replenished by either waiting or purchasing with collected coins from the Shop.

AndroidTapp.com Rating

(4.8 out of 5)

Should you Download Race a Maze? Race a Maze is an awesome casual game that get progressively harder. There’s plenty of gaming here too with over 100 mazes, plus a boss fight at the end of each world. The graphics are console quality good, along with animations and effects. I highly recommend to download it now!